Talk:Prostitution in New Zealand
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I removed the following template, as it produced nothing but redlinks: { { Oceania in topic|Prostitution in } } --Xyzzyplugh 18:50, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
changed 18 to 17 as 18 year olds are allowed to be sex workers
added latest report --Rbaal 03:47, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
I removed the bit about UK law as it was incorrect, the act of prostitution has never been illegal in NZ.
tidied up a couple of other places no major changes
--Rbaal 08:17, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
It hasn't? My understanding was that in 1840 or thereabouts the laws of Britain became the laws of NZ. Was prostitution not illegal in Britain? Could you put it some kind of history summary? --Helenalex 14:01, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
I am not certain about the status/history of prostitution in the UK. Currently it is not illegal, running a brothel, soliciting, living of third party etc are illegal. I cannot find a good source that gives its status in 1840. I suspect it was not actually illegal and might never have been generally so (though there might have been local laws etc.). Therefore if NZ copied UK that might be why it has never been illegal here.
That is why there were 70 "brothels" in Auckland according to a survey just before 2003. The way they operated from a legal point of view was that you actually entered into two contracts, one with the massage parlour the other with the sex worker. You did this by paying at the front desk for the "massage" ($60-$80) then in the room you paid the sex worker ($80-$100). The parlour owner kept the $80 for their cut and she kept the $100 for her "tip". Hence everything was legal as there were two contracts but only one was for sex and as it was person-to-person it was legal.
I don't know when this system was first used but it was certainly present in the 1950's though I do not know what the fees were then.
--Rbaal 01:18, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
